His comments illustrate either a purposeful deception or a lack of knowledge of history. Is he not familiar with the 1920s century anarchist/labor movements? Is he not familiar with the 1960s and the radical movements spawned during this period? The fanatics are in the White house. The Tea Party is just a reassertion of the principles of conservative libertarianism on which this country thrived for the 137 years of its existence without an income tax.
Before the Income Tax
http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/history/item/14268-before-the-income-tax
“Before the Income Tax”
IMO, the article is rendered suspect by disparaging remarks vis-à-vis “neocons.”